Rare books from Concept Books

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original black cloth lettered in gold on front cover and spine. In the extremely scarce dust jacket that is identical to that of the first edition, Although second edition stated, this is actually the second impression published from the first-edition type. "mount in" on page 41 was not corrected. No 661 of 1000 copies printed. Both book and dust jacket are in very fine, almost mint condition. Mostly unopened. This is a stunning copy of Eliot's landmark poem that is considered to be one of the most important poems of the 20th century. Google 'Ceebe100' to watch a video of this book..

Paris: Scripta et Picta, 1948. Book. Illus. by Federico Castellon. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Loose as published in original gilt decorated wrapper.Giltlettered board chemise, board slipcase, 48 original color lithographs by Kees van Dongen of which 1 frontispiece plate and 47 in-text lithographs. Ornamental lithographed letters. One of 198 copies printed on velin Lana. This is number 132. 121,(3)pp., 25x 25 cm. Slipcase slightly stained and faded, spine of chemise slightly faded else a very fine copy. .

Paris: Jacques Damase, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Complete portfolio of 15 full page pochoirs in colors on Arches paper + 2 'title' page pochoirs illustrating poems by Arthur Rimbaud. Loose folded sheets as issued in publisher's linen wrappers lettered in colors. A bit of yellowing to spine of wrappers. Original red canvas portfolio box with black felt lining and title printed in blue on the front. Poems in French by Arthur Rimbaud, introduction by Jacques Damase. Scattered foxing, mostly to first (blanc) and last (colophon, blanc) leaves. Occasional light foxing to margins of pochoirs and text leaves, minor surface soiling to case. Copy 54 of a limited edition of 90. Hand signed and numbered by Sonia Delaunay. Folio, 56,5 x 39,5 cm. (box).

Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1972. Book. Illus. by Joan Miro. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. Loose sheets in cover and cloth covered box. The complete set of 3 etchings with aquatint in color and 2 carborandom etchings on one folded sheet: one printed in black and the opposite sheet printed in white. One color etching has a 11 cm. closed tear which has been professionally repaired but is still visible (see or ask for images). Poem in French by Andre Frenaud printed on Bristol paper. Text pages are preceded by printed color metallic paper representing mirrors. Original cover with four folded flaps and a collage from colored-paper cut-outs. Grey, cloth-covered, box with white and silver lettering on spine. Published as a tribute to Jeroen Bosch. SIGNED by both Miro and Frenaud on the colophon page. From a limited edition of 225 copies this is number 7. The cloth of the portfolio box has wear to corners. 46,5 x 32,5 cm..

Bern, Switzerland: E.W. Kornfeld, Bern, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies of the regular edition. This copy not numbered. Text by Walasse Ting, edited by Sam Francis. Comprising 62 lithographs by 28 artists mostly printed in colors on loose sheets. Publisher's pictorial cloth chemise, laminated dust jacket with wear: lifting slightly along folds, fold corners and spine ends rubbed, chipping and short closed tears to spine panel foot. In red cloth covered slipcase. With 62 (34 double-page, 59 in colour) original lithographs by 28 artists mostly printed in color. Lithographs by Pierre Alechinsky (5), Karel Appel (5), Enrico Baj (2), Alan Davie (3), Jim Dine (2), Sam Francis (6), Robert Indiana (2), Alfred Jensen (3), Asger Jorn (2), Allan Kaprow, Alfred Leslie (2), Roy Lichtenstein (2 + cover), Joan Mitchell, Claes Oldenburg (3), Mel Ramos (2), Robert Rauschenberg (2), James Rosenquist, Bram Van Velde, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselman (2). With an… Read More

Paris: Editions d'Art Charles Moreau, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Set of 27 (of 40) original color pochoirs by Sonia Delaunay. Printed on wove paper. The pochoirs measure 32,3 x 24,6 cm. Loose sheets as issued. Full margins, very good impressions. Double page title page. Original portfolio boards with printed cover. Light wear and light soiling to portfolio. We are happy to provide more information/photographs on request. .

Geneva: Edwin Engelberts, 1963. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Loose sheets in printed French wrapper in red cloth clamshell box with title label on spine. The inside of the box is covered with velvet paper. Published in Geneva by Edwin Engelberts and printed in Paris by Mourlot, Illustrated with 27 original lithographs by Georges Braque (+ 2 small b/w vignettes). 13 full page color lithographs of which 1 double page (with 2 lines of text). 1 full page black & white lithograph and 13 in text lithographs of which 9 in color. The stones were erased after the printing of the lithographs. Number 130 of a limited edition of 230 copies, printed on Rives. Hand signed in pencil by Georges Braque and Rene Char. A truly fine, collectible publication. Striking lithographs with strong impressions and vivid colors. 55, vii pp. Sheets measure 31,8 x 25,2 cm. .

Paris: Textes Pretextes, 1953. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Magnificent binding and matching clamshell box by French master binder Florent Rousseau.The book is bound in full black calf with patterned color (paper?) inlays. Spine lettered in various colors. The binders name printed on a matching inlay on the front paste down. Clamshell box in half-calf with corner inlays and 3 title labels on spine. Covered with velvet on the inside. With an original pencil drawing on transparent paper by Raoul Dufy bound in (32,5 x 24,5 cm.). Signed by Raoul Dufy with his initials RD in ink. Authentication stamp of Andre Robert on verso: 'Authentifie Raoul Dufy par Andre Robert'. The drawing is reproduced as a lithograph on page 73. Limited edition of 277 copies. This is number 73 of 250 copies printed by on Arches. Illustrated with full page, double page and in-text color and black & white lithographs by Raoul Dufy. 124 pp., 33 x 28 cm. (book), 35 x 23,5 cm. (box). The original… Read More

Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1960. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. A very fine, almost mint copy. First edition of Plath's first separately printed poem, one of only 60 copies. Stitched in original stiff card with marbled wrappers. Printed title label in a ruled border pasted to front cover. Finely printed on laid-paper with deckle edge, 4pp. (title page, 2 page poem, 1 blanc page). Alan Anderson, owner of the Tragara Press, was impressed with a short story by Ted Hughes and asked if he had anything else that he could print. Hughes suggested to print a poem by his wife, Sylvia Plath. Anderson printed around 60 copies of 'A Winter Ship'. Plath requested the removal of her name from the title, writing in June of 1960: "We thought we'd like the date, place and press in upright letters, as on the other proof, and my name deleted - as I'll write that on the inside myself, with Christmas greeting too. Plath was extremely pleased with the result, writing to Anderson on 23… Read More

Paris: La Guirlande, 1917. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Complete set of this rare and highly decorative art deco periodical. Eleven issues (all published) bound in two volumes. 59 pochoir colored plates by renowned illustration artists Georges Barbier, Umberto Brunelleschi, Taquoy, Vallee, Bonotte, Domergue, Wegener, Stab and others. Most pages with in-text color illustrations including head- and tail-pieces. All eleven original printed wrappers with colored and silver design by Brunelleschi are included. Brunelleschi was the artistic director of the short lived but significant La Guirlande. Jean Hermanovits was the literary director. Jean Saude, one of the foremost artists to explore and promote pochoir techniques, was responsible for the brilliant pochoir coloring. Texts by Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, Rene Boylesve, Jean Hermanovits, Abel Hermant and others. Each issue numbered 79 of a total edition of 800 copies. Both Barbier and Brunelleschi at that time were at the top of their artistic… Read More

Paris: L.I. (Louis Icart), 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Published under the direction of Charles Meunier with the etchings of Louis Icart, printed in intaglio by French master printer Manuel Robbe. One of only 4 copies, on Japon, with extra suites of the 1st state proofs and the 2nd state proofs and the the original copper plate used for the etching on page 17. Numbered from II to V. This is copy number IV. From a total edition of 147. With 16 drypoint engravings printed in color by Louis Icart of which 5 full page and 11 in-text. The 32 full page 1st and 2nd state proofs are printed in black. All prints protected by tissue guards. Loose folded sheets in wrappers with title in gold. In publishers marbled chemise and slipcase. 28 text pages. Sheets measure 28,5 x 21,5 cm. Extremely rare copy with the extra suites and the original copper plate. Lightest wear to corner tips of slipcase. A very fine copy in collectors condition. .

Paris: L.I. (Louis Icart), 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Pierre Louys adaptation of the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan. One of only 4 copies, on Japon, with extra suites of the 1st state proofs and the 2nd state proofs and the original copper plate used for the etching on page 7. Numbered from II to V. This is copy number IV. From a total edition of 147. With 16 drypoint engravings printed in blue by Louis Icart of which 5 full page and 11 in-text. The etchings were printed by French masterprinter Manuel Robbe. The 32 full page 1st and 2nd state proofs are printed in black. All prints protected by tissue guards. Loose folded sheets in wrappers with silver title. In publishers marbled chemise and slipcase. 23 text pages. Sheets measure 29 x 21,5 cm. Extremely rare copy with the extra suites and the original copper plate. Spine of chemise a bit sun faded, lightest wear to corner tips of slipcase. A very fine copy in collectors condition. .

Paris: XXe Siecle, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Published as a tribute to Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, the founder of the magazine XXe Siecle. Loose sheets as issued. In original wrappers and cloth clamshell box with the portrait of San Lazzaro mounted on the inside. With 15 lithographs by Max Bill, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Hans Hartung, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland, Georges Braque, Lucio Fontana, Rene Magritte, Pablo Picasso, Serge Poliakoff and Alberto Magnelli. All but one (Chagall) printed in color. Text by Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, Pierre Volboudt, Nina Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Andre Verdet, Marino Marini and others. This is number 310 of a limited edition of 575 copies, all printed on Velin d'Arches by Fernand Mourlot, l'Imprimerie Arte, Pierre Chave, Les Ateliers Bellini and Curwen Studio London. 141,vii pp. 38 x 28,8 x 5,5 cm. Except from the inevitable offsetting from the lithographs to the facing text pages, this is a very fine, almost mint copy in… Read More

Paris: Editions Cercle d'Art, 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Loose sheets in beige cloth chemise and matching clamshell box with embossed titles. Reproducing three notebooks from 1964 with drawings by Picasso in their original formats. 24 pages with text. 71 lithographs of which 27 in color, printed on Arches paper under the supervision of Picasso. This is copy number 530 from the Cercle d'Art edition that was limited to 666 copies. There were also editions printed by Abrams and Schunemann of 666 copies each. Sheet size: 32.7 x 25 cm. The box measures 35 x 27,7 x 6,3 cm. Apart from light wear to corner tips of the slipcase and the inevitable offsetting from the lithographs this is a mint copy, in collectors condition. .

Paris: Editions Argillet, 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Loose sheets in wrapper, chemise and clamshell box. Clamshell box with gilt embossed illustration on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Chemise with gilt signature of Dali on front cover. Wrapper repeating the illustration on the box in blindstamp. With 18 original engravings in black and white by Salvador Dali of which 10 full page and 8 smaller etchings (7 out of tekst and 1 in text). The 10 full page engravings with the blindstamped signature of Dali in the margin. All etchings protected by tissue guards. Hand signed in pencil by Dali on the limitation page also containing the publisher's stamp and Dali's blindstamped signature. Limited edition of 299 copies printed by the Presses du Palais Royal. This is number 136 of 165 copies printed on Arches blanc. Sheets measure 38,3 x 28,5 cm. Box 40,5 x 30,5 cm. Very fine, collectible copy..